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Civilians Work Toward Peace in Wartime Afghanistan
As U.S.-Taliban negotiations crumble, Afghan citizens pursue their daily work toward peace.
With Bolton Out of the Way, Peace With North Korea Is Possible
Peace on the Korean Peninsula now has a chance; Democrats need to get behind it.
Warren’s Social Security Reform Is Not as Ambitious as Sanders’s
Sanders demands that billionaires pay more while Warren politely asks them to contribute a fair share.
Wall Street Billionaires Set to Mingle With Mike Pence at Financial Conference
The conference gathers profiteers tied to some of the gravest problems humanity faces today.
Right-Wing Supreme Court Allows Trump Asylum Ban to Take Effect
Trump’s “third-country” rule is the administration’s toughest barrier to asylum seekers yet.
More People Are Voting — But 1,688 Polling Places Have Closed in 6 Years
A wave of polling place closures has swept 13 states since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
Trump Condemned for Refusing to Grant Protected Status to Dorian Victims
The Trump administration has attempted to end Temporary Protected Status for other disaster victims as well.
The Pompeo Doctrine Is a Formula for Catastrophe in the Arctic
The Trump administration increasingly views the Arctic as a key arena for future great-power competition and extraction.
In Chicago, Survivors of Police Violence Heal Through Song
The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors in Black communities.
Equity Firms and Venture Capitalists Lobby to Save Surprise Medical Bills
Investors buy up many large physician-staffing companies and drive up profits by staying out of insurance networks.